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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1948
Page
4
Texas wool production declined 13 percent in 1947 as fewer sheep roamed farms and ranches, with total wool estimated at 61.946 million pounds versus 71.263 million the year before. Mohair also dropped 3 percent to 17.407 million pounds, the smallest clip since 1939.
Raymond Brooks of the Austin American-Statesman was in Fredericksburg gathering material for a feature to be published in this coming Sunday's paper. Local readers can order copies at area drug stores selling the Austin American-Statesman.
The Junior Class received class rings last Wednesday. Harper School faculty will attend the Alamo District meeting of the Texas State Teachers Association March 19 and 20 in San Antonio. A study hall play “Who’s Who In the Home” featured Nila Mae Maner and others. PTA began its first meeting. Melvin Woerner withdrew March 13 and plans Leon Springs enrollment. Several students absent illness. volleyball team invited to tournaments in San Marcos March 24 and Kerrville April 3, with earlier play at Kyle and Center Point. Team roster includes Opal Eckhardt and Joan Kaiser as captains, plus Nila Mae Maner and others. Peggy Gould sponsor. Thanks extended to Ray Jones and helpers for trip support. Various school notes follow, including Easter Rabbits crafts, plant projects, PTA book purchases, birthday party for Mrs. Fox, and several student inquiries and gossip fragments. Seniors named Clayton A. Massey and Norman Morris Pape with personal details. a short anecdote section follows, including a salesman's joke and a Kerrville Bakery ad fragment.
Gen Ira C Eaker a wartime air force leader now in Houston warns against a coming war with Russia within three to five years He says Stalin would strike to gain a quick victory RussiaMassive forces advancing westward with world’s largest army and air force He foresees atom bombs on industrial and population centers and urges the United States to keep up modern warfare methods and avoid obsolete weapons and tactics
A Dallas News column challenges postwar leadership, arguing U.S. policy over eight years yielded Soviet dominance in Yugoslavia, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, praising no one and urging acknowledgment of harsh realities from Tehran Yalta to Potsdam.
The Supreme Court ruled eight to one that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional, citing church state separation under the First Amendment. The Champaign Illinois public schools were cited by a patron as allowing voluntary religious instruction. The Pilot, Catholic Archdiocese of Boston publication, criticized the ruling as a Constitutional violation.
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